History and News of Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA

• 1777 - First Nail
  The first cut nail in the world was made in 1777 by Jeremiah Wilkinson, of Cumberland, R.I. St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  June 19, 1869
  
•   1809 - Earth Trembling
  May 16.
  In Cumberland, R.I., near Attleborough, an extraordinary trembling of earth has been repeatedly noticed of late; sometimes so hard as to... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1819 - Cumberland
  Cumberland, a post township, is situated in the northeast corner of the State, about eight miles northeast from Providence; bounded east on... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1842 - COPPER MINE IN RHODE ISLAND
  A rich Copper Mine has been opened at Cumberland, R. I. - Within the last week fifteen tons of ore have been shipped for Boston, from the mine,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1853 - AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. THIRTY OR FORTY SERIOUSLY INJURED.
  Disagreeable necessity obliges us to shock the sensibilities of our readers, by the recital of another horrible calamity from a collision of Railway... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1854 - Cumberland
  Cumberland, a township of Providence co., Rhode Island, 10 miles N. of Providence, on the Providence and Worcester railroad, contains 4 banks.... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1859
  CUMBERLAND, a township of Providence co., in the state of Rhode Island, 8 m. N of Providence. It is to some extent hilly, but is in some parts... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1869 - In the towns of Cumberland, Smithfield, Blackstone, and Bellingham, R. I.,
  there are seventeen cotton and eight woolen mills, which employ 5,550 hands, run 4,480 looms, and annually use 15,300,000 pounds of cotton.... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1877 - Diamond Hill Quarry Company
  The Woonsocket Patriot says that the Diamond Hill Quarry Company of Cumberland, have made a contract with the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company to furnish... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1878 - Ashton
  Ashton.
  Simon Whipple, George Olney, Samuel Clarke, and others purchased this privilege, and built a factory in the year 1810, and spun cotton. Mr. ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1878 - Valley Falls
  Valley Falls. In 1870, Messrs. Grey & Fish leased rooms from the Valley Falls Company, and commenced the manufacture of weaver's reeds and harness. ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1885 - A VILLAGE TERRORIZED
  WEST WRENTHAM, Mass., Aug. 1 . - The village of Diamond Hill in Cumberland, just over the line in Rhode Island, is terrorized by a gang of laborers... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1890 - FISHING FOR TURTLES. When the Shell-Backed Monster Bites Run Like a Steer.
  Terrapin or turtle farms are run in the South and on the Pacific coast, but the business has only been tried in New England as an experiment. As... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - Cumberland
  Cumberland, a township of Providence co, R.I., the northeasternmost township in the state. It contains and many interesting minerals, Pop. 8090.
  Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  
•   1899 - SERVANT GIRL VANISHES. Apparently Wore Nothing but a Nightrobe and a Picture Hat.
  (Special to the World.)
  PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 5. - Cumberland Hill has a mystery which the town officers and others are trying to unravel. Walter... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1900 - TRAPPISTS ARE TO MOVE. Monastery in Nova Scotia to Be Removed to Cumberland in Rhode Island.
  St. John, N. B., April 28. - The trappist monastery at Tracadie, N. S., is soon to be removed to a far near Cumberland, R. I., and the farm at... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Cumberland, a township (town) of Providence co., R.I., the northeasternmost town in the state. It manufactures cotton, horseshoes, etc., and contains ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1924 - GAS EXPLOSION KILLS FIFTEEN
  Man Strikes Match in Gas-Filled Room of Tenement House; Family Dies
  
  (By Tribune's Special Leased Wire)
  CUMBERLAND, R.I., Jan. 28 - Fifteen... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1928 - Nine Men's Misery monument in Cumberland was erected in memory of the colonists killed in Pierce's Fight during King Phillips War in 1676.
  The monument was erected in 1928, by monks living in a nearby monastery.
  bucklinsociety.net/ bucklin-family-history/ william-bucklin/ nine-mens-misery/
  
•   1934 - Communist Plot Rumored To Dynamite Water Supply
  CUMBERLAND, R.I., Sept. 14. - (UP) - Unconfirmed rumors of a communist plot to dynamite Pawtucket's water supply spread today and police guards were... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1949 - Testimony of Water Shortage in New England
  ...The old stone walls of farmlands flooded 62 years ago are visible in the top picture [illegible] of the Diamond Hill reservoir, Cumberland R.I.,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1950 - Monastery in Rhode Island Is Destroyed
  Cumberland Hill, R. I. (UP) - Fire early today destroyed the hilltop Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, built by the patient hands of... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1955 - Industrial Blaze Ends 2,000 Jobs in Rhode Island
  CUMBERLAND, R.I., Sept. 13 - (INS) - Two thousand persons were left jobless today by a $5 million fire which destroyed five buildings of the Manville ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1967 - It Was Good Ski Season For New England Resorts
  ...Rhode Island ski resorts survived abnormal warm weather in January to record a good season, with one exception. The January snow lack was balanced ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1976 - Blast Destroys Aerosol Plant
  CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) - "When I got to the window, there was no wall left. It just blew me right through," said Norman Brule.
  
  Brule was one of at... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1976 - Century-old twins
  CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) - Emmanuel and Samuel Lussier's relatives are planning a centennial celebration of their own next year when the twin brothers... Read MORE...
  
  
• "Discover Rhode Island" Premier • Episode 1: Lincoln/Cumberland, RI
  
  
  "Discover Rhode Island" Premier • Episode 1: Lincoln/Cumberland, RI (www.youtube.com)